From CNET News.com: It's been a hot year for Netbooks, but not so much for the rest of the portable PC market.

Netbook sales are likely to hit $11.4 billion this year, a 72 percent rise from last year, thanks to a 103 percent leap in shipments, according to a new report from...

From DailyTech: Wireless provider Vodafone will officially become the latest UK phone network to offer the popular Apple iPhone, confirming it will be released on January 14.

The base contract is available for £30 -- including a mandatory 24-month phone contract -- with £35 and £45...

From DailyTech: A U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $290 million judgment against Microsoft Corporation in a patent case launched by i4i Inc, a small Toronto-based company. The Court has issued an injunction against any and all sales of Microsoft's Word 2007 software...

From DailyTech: After sliding for some time in terms of marketshare, Palm appears to at last be ready to right the ship with its new webOS offerings. According to recent market research, Palm's phones like the Pixi and Pre have helped fuel the company to gains over the course of...

From DailyTech: The Secure Digital eXtended Capacity (SDXC) format was announced almost a year ago at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It was designed to replace ubiquitous Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) flash memory cards in computers, digital cameras...

From CNET News.com: The latest Opera browser preview version may not be entirely stable, but it's definitely got its jetpack strapped on. Opera 10.5 pre-alpha, for Windows and Mac, is the first browser that's not powered by Webkit to approach JavaScript rendering speeds previously...

From CNET News.com: Most Yahoo employees will be off next week due to mandatory office closings--though they've had since April to figure out what to do.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that Yahoo is shutting down everything except for certain "essential functions" during...

From X-bit Labs: Although USB 3.0 technology is currently only supported by rather expensive discrete controllers and is not projected to be supported by chipsets before the year 2011, the interest towards high-speed interconnection is tremendous. Western Digital and NEC Electronics...

From InfoWorld: Seven months after he announced the creation of a White House cybersecurity coordinator, President Obama has selected industry veteran Howard Schmidt for the job, an administration official confirmed Monday night.

"Cybersecurity is critical to both our national...

From DailyTech: While Apple has suffered from a plethora of quality control issues, from cracked iMacs to overheating iPhones, those problems have done little to slow the company's sales momentum. With the launch of revised iMacs in October, the company has seen brisk sales on the...